Dave Eggers
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Men of Many Words: We read fall's weighty blockbusters so you don't have to
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Dave Eggers' plodding new novel The Parade is a stiff, grim letdown: EW review
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Dave Eggers' What Can a Citizen Do? has a timely message for young readers — see the cover
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Dave Eggers' Monk of Mokha is part immigrant tale, part coffee tutorial and totally great: EW review
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13 books to read in January
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Meet the remarkable subject of Dave Eggers' new book The Monk of Mokha
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Dave Eggers to publish middle grade novel
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Dave Eggers' 'Heroes of the Frontier' due out in July
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Tom Hanks is looking for answers in A Hologram for the King trailer
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On The Books: Newly discovered science fiction stories by Octavia Butler
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On The Books: 'To Kill A Mockingbird' eBooks for everyone
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On the Books: Indie bookstores reject Amazon Kindle exchange program
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On the Books: Dave Eggers denies plagiarism; new Stieg Larsson story
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On the Books: Dave Eggers accused of stealing book idea
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Casting Net: Sandra Bullock (back) in talks to play Miss Hannigan in 'Annie'; Plus, Tom Hanks for a Dave Eggers adaptation, more
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National Book Awards 2012 winners
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New Ray Bradbury stories out this fall
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National Book Awards 2012 finalists announced
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Subject of Dave Eggar's 'Zeitoun' in domestic abuse case
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Literary agent Andrew Wylie signs controversial exclusive deal with Amazon
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EW picks Daniyal Mueenuddin and Dave Eggers' titles as the best books of 2009: What's your fave?
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Colum McCann's 'Let the Great World Spin' wins National Book Award
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Classic children's books we'd like to see receive the Hollywood treatment
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'Where the Wild Things Are': First look at screenwriter Dave Eggers' novelization